CELEBRATE OUR LOCAL PLAYWRIGHTS!

In its eighth iteration, Island Theatre brings to the stage ten of the best short plays penned by Kitsap County playwrights for a three day festival of live performances at Bainbridge Performing Arts. The plays have been selected from over sixty submissions by a blind judging panel of theatre professionals. Plays will be helmed by ten local directors and cast with over two dozen local actors.

In works that range from serious drama to light-hearted comedy, these ten local playwrights offer us surprising reflections on modern life. From relationships to immigration, sexual identity to television culture, they capture the quirks and challenges of a world in transition.

The ten plays and playwrights are:

• “Alexa” by Jeff Fraga
• “Best Defense” by Jennifer Pippin-Montanez
• “Dancing with Orion” by Diane Walker
• “Devolution” by Connie J. Bennett
• “Hijab” by Catherine Rush
• “The Lady from Out of the Past” by Maria Viera Beatty
• “Let Me Finish (One Last Chance)” by Dan Rosenberg
• “The Raven in the Woods” by Tamarah Rockwood
• "The Rose Bowl” by Robert Craighead
• “Trans-Matters” by Eve Palay

Directors for the plays are Scott Breitbarth, Jeff Brown, Hanna Eady, Karen Hauser, Jennifer Hodges, D'Arcy Clements, Kristi Ann Jacobson, Ryan O’Donnell, Fred Saas, and Steve Stolee, who is also managing director of the festival.

Actors include Jim Alexander, Libby Clements, Samantha Byergo, Sam McJunkin, Tres Cozine, Evan Lenz, Terace Yeatts, Wayne Purves, Melissa Munden, Tammy Byergo, David Hager, Sandi Spellman, Jeff Brown, Tyler Weaver, Marybeth Redmond, Pete Simpson, Kristi Ann Jacobson, and Eve Palay.

For more information contact Island Theatre at www.islandtheatre.org.